Allison Dahle

Allison Dahle
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 11th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2019
Preceded byDuane Hall
Personal details
Born (1964-03-25) March 25, 1964
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SpouseLou
Alma materPeace College (AA)
University of South Carolina (BA)

Allison Anne Dahle (born March 25, 1964) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.[1] Dahle has represented the 11th district (including parts of Wake County) since 2019.

Personal life

Dahle was born at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her mother, Anne Clark Dahle, was a longtime educator at Meredith College, and her father, Dr. Robert Dahle, was an agricultural economist at North Carolina State University. She attended Needham B. Broughton High School and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Theatre and Speech.[2][3]

After her graduation, she worked as a stage manager on Broadway, and later for the Young Adult Institute in Brooklyn.[2] Later, she worked for the Arc of North Carolina.[4]

Dahle is a lesbian,[2] making her one of five openly LGBTQ officeholders in the North Carolina state legislature as of 2025, alongside Vernetta Alston, Deb Butler, Lisa Grafstein, and Marcia Morey.[5]

Political career

After defeating incumbent Duane Hall in the Democratic primary, Dahle was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives on November 6, 2018. She secured sixty-nine percent of the vote while her closest rival Republican Brennan Brooks secured twenty-seven percent.[6] Dahle was re-elected in 2020, 2022, and 2024.

Electoral history

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2024[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Dahle (incumbent) 31,688 64.65%
Republican Philip Hensley 15,910 32.46%
Libertarian Matthew Kordon 1,416 2.89%
Total votes 49,014 100%
Democratic hold

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2022[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Dahle (incumbent) 20,946 100%
Total votes 20,946 100%
Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2020[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Dahle (incumbent) 26,798 68.44%
Republican Clark Pope 10,175 25.98%
Libertarian Adrian Lee Travers 2,185 5.58%
Total votes 39,158 100%
Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 11th district Democratic primary election, 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Dahle 4,517 68.53%
Democratic Duane Hall (incumbent) 1,746 26.49%
Democratic Heather Metour 328 4.98%
Total votes 6,591 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2018[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Dahle 23,266 69.22%
Republican Tyler Brooks 9,179 27.31%
Libertarian Travis Groo 1,166 3.47%
Total votes 33,611 100%
Democratic hold

Committee assignments

[12]

2025-2026 session

[13]

  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
  • Election Law (Vice Chair)
  • Ethics
  • House Select Committee on Blockchain and Digital Assets
  • House Select Committee on Government Efficiency
  • House Select Committee on Helene Recovery
  • House Select Committee on Oversight and Reform
  • Housing and Development
  • Oversight
  • Regulatory Reform
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

2023-2024 session

  • Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee
  • Appropriations Committee
  • Appropriations on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Committee
  • Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform (Vice Chair)
  • Ethics Committee
  • Local Government - Land Use, Planning, and Development Committee
  • Regulatory Reform Committee
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee

2021-2022 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - General Government
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform (Vice Chair)
  • Ethics
  • Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development

2019-2020 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
  • Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency

References

  1. ↑ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "When Allison Dahle Challenged Duane Hall, She Didn’t Expect to Win. Then Everything Changed", Indy Week, March 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Anne Clark Dahle obituary, legacy.com. Accessed March 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ "About Allison". Allison for House. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina – Out for America". Out for America. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
  6. ↑ "North Carolina Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times". The New York Times. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  8. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  9. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  10. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  11. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  12. ↑ "Allison Dahle". Retrieved August 22, 2026.
  13. ↑ "House Member Committees - North Carolina General Assembly". Archived from the original on June 6, 2026. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
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